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^he thirtieth fort is a native of China, from whence 

 the feeds were fent to France by the mifiionaries, 

 where the plants were firft raifcd in Europe. In the 

 year 1731, I received feeds of this, from which I 

 raifed plants with red, and fome with white flowers j 

 and in 1736, I received feeds of the bkie flower^but 

 thefe were all fingle. They came by the title of La 

 Reine Marguerette, or the Queen of DaiHes, by which 

 title the French ftill call it. In 1752, I received 

 feeds of the double flowers both red and blue, and 

 in 1753, ^he feeds of the double white fort, from my 

 worthy friend Dr. Job Bailer, F. R. S. of Zirkzee. 

 Thtrfe have retained their difference from that time 

 v/ithout variation, yet as they are generally fuppofed 

 to be only varieties, I have not inferted them as dif- 

 ferent fpecies. 



As thefe are annual plants, they are only propagated 

 by feeds, which muft be fown in the fpring upon a 

 gen:le hot-bed, juft to bring up the plants-, for they 

 Ihould be inured to the open air as foon as poffible, 

 to prevent their being drawn up very weak : when 

 t!)e plants are big enough to remove, they fliould be 

 carefully taken up and planted in a bed of rich earth 

 at fix inches diftance each v/ay, obferving to fliad 

 them from the fun till they have taken new root ; 

 and if the fcalbn proves dry, they mufl: be often re- 

 freflied with water. In this bed they may remain a 

 month or five weeks, by which time they will be 

 ftrong enough to tranfplant into the borders of the 

 flower-garden where they are defigned to remain ; the ' 

 plants fhould be taken up carefully, with large balls 

 of cartli to their roots, and the ground dug up and 

 well broken with the fpade, where the holes are made 

 to receive the plants : after they are planted, and 

 the earth clofed about their roots^ there Ihould be 



This 



work fliouldjlf pofllble, be done when there is rain, 

 for then the plants will foon take new root, after 

 which time they will require no other care but to keep 

 duMn clear from weeds. ' ■ -' '-■- ^.^ 



In Auguft tliefe plants will flower, by which time if 

 the ground is rich in which they arc planted, they will 

 be tv^o feet high, and furnifhed with many fide 

 branches, each of which is terminated by a large ra- 

 diated flower, fom.e white, fome red, and others blue. 

 Thefe are fome of the greateft ornaments in the flower- 

 j;ardcn in autumn, during their time of flowering. 

 'i'hc feeds ripen the beginning of Oftober, which 

 fhculd be gathered when it is perfeftly dry j and in 

 order to preferve the kinds with double flowers, thofe 

 which crrow upon the fide branches^ v/hich are com- 

 monly fuller of leaves than the flov/ers on the main 

 ftem., friould always be preferved for feeds. 

 The thirty-flrft fort v/as difcovered by the late Dr.* 

 Houflion 111 the year 1731, at La Vera Cruz in New 

 Sp::in. This h an annual plant, which riles with an 

 uprif^rit llaik a!:>()ut one foot high, 2:arniflied the 



fome water mven theni to fettle the earthi 



whole length v/irh winged leaves, each confifliing of 

 two or th.ree pair of lobes, terminated by an odd 



cacli of thefe lobes are heart-fiiaped, andfawed 



on 



on th.cir edges; at the top of the ilalk is produced 

 larp-e Orange-coloured ilov/er, having a fingle 



one 



cmpalemcnt, cut into many flender fegments which 

 cjhI in points. After the flower is pall, each floret 

 i.^ fiicceeded by an oblong angular feed, crowned 

 with long down. This is propagated by feeds, which 

 fl-!Ould be fown on a moderate hot-bed in the Ipring-, 

 and v;hen t!ie plants are fit to remove, they muft be 

 e.ich planted into a feparate fmall pot filled with rich 

 ear^h, and plunged into the tan-bed, obferving to 

 Ihade them until they have taken new root, as alfo 

 to refrefli tlte:n v/ith water, and in warm weather ad- 

 mit free air to the plants. When thefe pots are filled 

 with their roots,*the plants fliould be carefully fliaken 

 out; and after paring off the outfidc roots, put into 

 larger pots, filled v/ith light earth, and plunged into 

 the hct-bt-d again, where they may remain to flower 

 and perfect their feeds, for they v;ill not thrive in the 

 ODcn air.. This fort flowers in ' ' 



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1:he thlrty-fccohd fort v/as difcovered by the late Df; 

 William Houflion, in the year 1729, gtov/imj in plenty 

 in the fandy ground about Vera Cruz, iirAmerica, 



■ where he drew the figure, and made a defcription of 

 the plant upon the fpot ; which he fent to England 

 with the feeds, fome of which grew in the Chelfea 

 garden, and the plants flowered theioUowing fummer, 

 but did not perfed; their feeds. 

 It hath bufliy fibrous , roots, which creep in tlie 

 ground, and fend out many flender round ftalks, 

 wliich bend and incline to the ground. Thefe are 

 about four or five inches long, deflitute of leaves, 

 'each fufi;aining pne flower, in Ihape and fize of thof*e 

 of the common Field Daifey, of a whitifli purple co- 

 lour, but the rays are narrower. Tlie diflc is com- 

 pofed of feveral florets, whicli arc fucceeded by finall 



; feeds crowned with a pappous dov/n. The empale- 

 ment which includes the flowers, is fcaly. 

 As this plant is a native of a warm clim.ate, it will 

 liot live in the open air in England; therefore the 

 feeds muft 'ht fown in a hot-b'ed, and the plants 

 will require a ftove to maintain them tlirough the 



. winter. ; ■', , ', . ' 



The thirty-third fort is a native of North America. 

 TJiis hath upright ftalks about three feet high, gar- 

 niflied with fpear-fliaped fawed leaves ; tlie flowers 

 are produced in bunchy panicles, having rough em-* 

 palements.- It flowers the end of Auguft, and'is pro- 

 pagated by parting the roots in autumn. ■ 

 The thirty-fourth fort grows naturally in Siberia ; the 

 .ftalks are ftriated about two feet high, fending out fide 

 branches, garniftied with rough, veined, fpear-fliap- 

 ed leaves ; the foot-ftalks of the flowers are woolly, 

 each fupporting one large blue flower. This flowers 

 in Auguft, and is propagated by parting the roots 



m autumn. 



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The thhty-fifth fort fends up rough ftalks about two 



feet high, dividing toward the top into many forked 



branches, diverging from each other, gaVniflied be- 



Jow with oval fawed leaves ; but the flowering ftalks 



' Iiave entire obtufe leaves which' embrace them with 



their bafe^the flowers are growing almoft in an 



. umbel ; thefe appear the beginning of September. 



It is propagated by parting the roots as the 



former. 



ASTERISCUS. See Buphthalmum* 

 A S T E R O I D E S, Baftard Starwort. See Inula. 

 ASTRAGALOIDES. See Phaca. 

 ASTRAGALUS, Wild Liquorice, Liquorice 



Milk 



The Characters are^ r 

 // b^ilh a huttcrjiy flower^ whofe t 

 leaf^ cut into five acute fegments at 

 dard {or vexillum) is upright^ blunts 



The /?, 



eficxed 



fides ; the wings are oblongs andjljorter than theft. 



the keel is the fame length 'iv: 



It hath ten fta^nina^ nine of 



ftandsfingly\ thefe are croivned by roundl/Jj ft 



At 



of the flower is fituatcd a taper germen^ fv.p 



ifi 



d-fhapcd ftyle^ cro-zvned by a blunt ft 

 rd becomes a pod hi 

 of kidney-fhaped feeds 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 

 Linnatus's fevcnteenth' clafs of plants, entitled Dia- 

 delphia Decandria, from the flower having ten ft^- 

 mina joined in two bodies. 

 The SflciiiS are, 



I. Astragalus {GIycyphyllos)Q?iVi\^{Q^\\s proftratus leg\j- 

 minibus fubtriquetis arcuatis foliis ovalibus pedun- 

 culo longioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 758. Stalky proftrate 



. l^Iilk Vctch^ with crooked pods ahncft irtanz^iilar^ a}ui C'val 



foot-ftdk 



Mor 



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oft. 



guminibus fubulatis recurvatis glabris. Horc. Upial. 

 226. Stalky trailing Milk Vetch^ with fmooth awl-ftonpid 

 pods bending ijiward, Aftragalus luteus annus Mun- 

 Ibeliacus crocumbens. Mor. Hift. 2. loS. 



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3. As;*ra 



